Parking post



E. HOPKINS PARKING POST Feb, 2, 1937.

Filed Jan. 27, 1930 6 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR- Feb. 2, 1937. A E, HopmNs2,069,445

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INVENTOR:

E. HoPKlNs 2,069,445

PARKING POST 'Filed Jan., 27, 1930 6 Sheets-Sheet 4 Feb. 2, 1937.

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PARKING POST 33 B 339 342 -lull Patented Feb. 2, 1937 UNHTD STATESPATENT @FFME 2,069,445 PARKING ros'r Edwin Hopkins, New York, N,Application ulaimiary 2,7, lg3d, Serial No. @23,843 es claims., (ci.refines) The main purpose oi my invention is to enable automobiles andother vehicles, and animais, to be parked at a post adapted to retainthem until a fee is paid to release them, the fee increasing with thelength of time the post is so used. The fee is paid by inserting coinsand then manually operating the apparatus, whereupon the object retainedis automatically released. it is thus not necessary to have an attendantat the post.'

The property owner or the municipal authorities may provide suchpay-station parking posts and thus derive revenue from the user of theparking space. The latter enjoys the advantage of leaving his vehicle atan authorized place, and is free from worry about parking regulations.An additional safeguard against theft of the vehicle is also provided.

The accompanying drawings are largely dia- .grammatical and are not tobe considered as working drawings, but merely as illustrations of theprinciples of the invention.' ,Parts are omitted from particular ilguresand 'in' different gures several planes are taken without being morethan approximately indicated, for the pur-- pose of clearness ofillustration of the principlesof the invention.

In the accompanying gures of drawings, illustrating a form of myinvention, and forming `a part hereof, and in which the same referencenumerals and letters indicate the same or corresponding parts:

Fig. 1 is an elevation, partly in section, of the upper part of theapparatus, or head, as seen by the user when the door is open;

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same head, partly in section; l

Fig. 3 is a sectional plan of the head, partly in section, an upperplane indicating the coin receiving portions, and a lower plane,connections to a clock, and other parts;

Fig. 4 is another plan of the head, partly in section, on a medianplane, illustrating the coin walls and driving members;

Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation of the head, looking towards the clockside;

Fig. 6 ls a sectional elevation of Same,1ookin g the opposite way;

Fig. 7 is a sectional front elevation of the pedestal of the apparatus,as seen by an observer looking towards the head is in Fig. l; r

Fig. 8 is a sectional side elevation of the same, looking towards theobservers right as he faces Fig. 7;

Fig. 9 is a sectional plan on line 9-9 of Fig. 7;

Fig. l0 is a sectional plan on line it-ii ci Fig. 7;

Fig. il is a sectional plan on line iii-ii Fig. '7;

Fig. 12 is a sectional plan on line {l-i2 Fig. 7; and

Fig. 13 is a general View ci' the apparatus in use as seenby an operatorwith the head door closed and a vehicle fender attached.

Fig. l is a front elevation of the head with lo the door removed,showing what an observer sees when the door is opened. The attitude isthat of a vehicle having been secured for two hours as indicated by thedial under the clock.

The parts are mounted on the wall i of the g5 head, with top 2, roof 3,door i and hinges for door 6, (Figs. 3 4). Door 6 is locked, on beingclosed, by snap lock l. All users oi these parking posts are to beprovided with a master key, which Will enable them to use any of theposts. 20 These keys may be changed annually.

The locks also prevent the posts from being molested by children andpassers-by.

Clock 8 is mounted in wall 9, and actuates the mechanism when connectedto it. Under clock 2 8 is'aperture l0, showing the amount of money dueto obtain the release of the vehicle, ten cents in the illustration.This indicates a two hour use of the apparatus or the equivalent. Whenthe signal dial I I is returned to zero, the vehicle is automaticallyreleased, upon manual operation.

The example of my invention illustrated shows apparatus using nickels orlive-cent pieces, and quarters or twenty-five cent pieces. Otherexamples of the invention may use other coins, or these and others. Coinslot l2 accepts nickels and coin slot I3 accepts quarters. If a dime orpenny, one-cent piece, is dropped by mistake in the quarter slot I3, itwill drop out through aperture I4 into cup I5 without aiecting themechanism. Nickels are too thick to go in the quarter slot. Dimes orpennies put in the nickel slot fall through similarly. In theillustration the coin slots are shown straight. They may be made withcrooked passages, if desired, to prevent improper use of the apparatus.

When a quarter is dropped in slot I3 it strikes, on its descent, arm IBof lever l1, which also has arm I 8, serving as a pawl for tooth 20 ofshaft 2|, and which is pivoted at 22 on a stud in Wall 13. Arm I8 has a.portion 23, serving as a counter weight to cause lever I1 to resume itsnormal position by gravity when it is free to oil cfg

'do so. Cranks 24 and 25, with handles 26 and 55 21, are aflixed toshafts 32 and 2| respectively. These cranks enable the mechanism to bemanually operated for certain functions.

The idle or normal position of crank 24 is shown by dotted line 28. Thefull line position is at the attitude where the crank begins to driveother members. It comes to a stop at the bottom and may be turned back,or if released will iiy back, retracted by a spring 28'.

Dotted line -29 shows the course of a nickel dropped into the mechanism.There is a lever, not shown, for the nickel unit corresponding to leverI1 of the quarter unit.

Coin carrying discs 30 and 3l are afxed to shafts 2l and 32 respectivelyand rotate when handles of cranks 25 and 24 respectively are turned.These coin discs are in line with matrix distance plate 33, fitted withcoin channels 34-35 indicated in dotted lines.

As coin disc 30 is rotated about 165 degrees, the quarter slot reachesthe position shown by the dotted line 36, whereupon the quarter dropsinto the coin channel 34. Similarly a nickel will drop into coin channel35 when its receptacle 29 reaches the dotted line position 31. Thedotted line position 38 is the position of the receptacle when the crank24 is in the full line attitude shown.

The initial position of crank 25 is shown in the fragment, Fig. 1. Whenit descends, the door 6 cannot be closed until it is returned to itsinitial position, as it comes to a stop before reaching the lowervertical attitude.

When a quarter is inserted when less is due, the mechanism accepts thecoin but makes no refund of the excess of the quarter above the amountthat may be due.

Channels 39 and 49 are in a partition back of the coin matrix, and arefor the convenience in extractinw a coin dropped in when the coin discis not at he receiving attitude.

Lever l1 is pivoted to swing in a plane forward of the coin disc planeas seen in Fig. 1. End 4I of arm i6 extends into the coin disc plane.Channel aperture 42 of the coin disc serves to pass end 4l as the discis rotated.

As either crank 24 or 25 ls rotated, signal dial Il is rotatedbackwards, towards the initial zero attitude. If it stands at ten cents,as shown, one nickel is inserted in coin slot l2 and crank 24 is rotatedabout 165 degrees, which moves the dial back to five cents. The crank 24is returned to its initial position and another nickel inserted and thecrank rotated in a clockwise direction as before, 165 degrees, when thedial is turned back to zero.

If 35 cents were due and the user had in change but one nickel and twoquarters,'the nickel would be useless and both quarters would have to beused. He would lose 15 cents worth of service, as the dial would returnto zero when two-fifths of the action of the second quarter were spent,and the remaining three-fifths would be wasted, as the dial returns nofurther than zero.

Dial Il is contained in cover 43 fitted against Wall 9, and suppliespower to advance the mechanism during operation by the clock, by theunwinding of spring 44, which is wound again by the manual'power appliedto cranks 24, 25.

When the operator has caused the dial to return to the zero position,crank 45 is freed to be turned, as later described. He turns crank 45 byhandle 41. It is aflixed to shaft 46 and when he has turned it about 100degrees, it is caught and held by latch 49 affixed to spring tongue 50,

the under side of floor 4. Tooth 5l passes through floor 4 at aperture52. Shaft 46 tends to return crank 45 to its initial position by theunwinding of spiral spring 48, which is wound by the manual operation ofcrank 45 as described, but latch 49 holds crank 45 in oppositionthereto. Shaft 46 cannot be turned by crank 45 until the dial isreturned to the zero attitude, as otherwise it is held, as laterdescribed.

When a user Wishes to secure a vehicle to the post, he unlocks the door6 and turns the crank 45, which he is able to do at once as themechanism is not then connected with the clock. This turning andlatching of crank 45 enables him to attach the vehicle to the post by achain or rope, as later described. Having attached the vehicle, hereleases the latch 49 by pressing down plunger 53 affixed to spring 50,and the crank 45, having returned to its initial position, he closesdoor 6 and the vehicle cannot be released, except as before described,since it immediately, automatically registers two hours or 10 cents, aslater described.

A semi-circular ring projection 54 in the horizontal plane, below thelevel of floor 4, enters the base portion of the device. Its outerperiphery is fitted with gear teeth 55, which engage pinion 56, fixed tovertically disposed shaft 51, journalled in lugs 58, 59. Spring 60,wound when the door is opened tends to return the door upon its beingreleased, by the unwinding of spring 60.

Door 6, however, cannot be closed as long as crank 45 stands in thelatched position, as shelf 6| is aixed to door 6, on the plane of thehandle 41 of crank 45, as best seen in Figs. 3, 4. Handle 41 has' stud62 and when the door is opened and crank 45 is latched, tongue 63 ofshelf 6| is restrained by lug 62 at point 64, from closing, and can onlybe closed by the prior return of crank 45 to its initial position.

'I'he upper unit, or head, as seen in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4 is supportedon the base pedestal, which has circular wall 65 and moulding 66.

'I'he door, semicircular in plan, is under the top 2 when closed, and isprotected by the edges of roof 3 from the weather. It is outside offloor 4, so that rain does not leak in on top of the oor 4.

Door 6 cannot be closed until crank 45 is ln its initial position, asedge 61 of shelf 6I would contact with stud 62 at point 68, or at anyattitude prior thereto. Contact 69 is provided on the inner periphery of54, so that an electric bell 10, in the pedestal, may be rung when thedoor is open. 'This attracts the attention of anyone accidentallyleaving the door unlocked or to anyone tampering with the door.

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the head, with parts broken away and partsin section and at different planes.

As seen in Figs. 4 and 3, in plan, and Figs. 5 and 6, in side elevation,there are four main partitions or walls, 1l, 12, 13 and 14, and a coinmatrix partition between walls 12 and 13. Partitions 16, 11, 9, 18 and19 with ceiling 80 enclose the clock and clock clutch mechanism andceiling 8l is just below the coin slots.

In line with central shaft 82 of clock 8, is shaft 83, adapted to bethrown into engagement with shaft 82 by clutch members 84, B5 as laterdescribed.

As seen in Fig. 2 shaft 83 has collar 86 aiiixed to it. Collar 86 hastooth 91. An escapement unit is caused to function by this tooth, whichriveted to rotates once an hour, in a counterclockwise direction as seenin Fig. 2 Escapement yoke 81 is pivoted on stud 88 set in wall 1|. Wall1| is broken away and stud 88 extends backwards of the plane of wall 1|,and the order of planes going backwards is wallr 1|, gear |08, mostlybroken away but shown in dotted lines, escapement yoke 81 and its wheel93 and annular ring |92.

Escapement yoke 81 has vertical spur 89, with bevelled surface 90. Yoke81 also-carries pendant pawls 9|, 92. The spur and the pawl arms are sohinged that they give to a retracting tooth, the spur giving to astanding tooth when forced against it.

Escapement tooth wheel 93 is fixed to shaft 94. l

Shaft 94 is impelled to rotate in aclockwise'direction as seen in Fig.2, by spiral spring 44. The escapement of two teeth, one on either sideof wheel 93, permits dial to be advanced one division, an hour, or afive cent charge when the dial indicates five cents an hour.

As seen in Fig. 2, yoke 81 is in the left-leaning attitude, drawnthereto by spring 95. Point 96 of spur 89 stands retracted after havingbeen pushed to the right-leaning position by point 91 of collar 86. Pawl9| is holding wheel 93 stopped against clockwise rotation. When shaft 83rotates about 340 degrees, tooth 91 will strike bevel surface 90 of spur89, and will drive it to the right. As this slowly takes place inopposition to spring 95, pawl 9| is tilted to the left and presentlylets tooth 98 escape. Meanwhile pawl 92 has also been tilted towards theleft and when tooth 98 escapes pawl 9|y pawl 924 stops wheel 93 byengaging tooth 99. As shaft 83 rotates once an hour and as there aretwenty four teeth, dial is advanced one division when the spring 95thereafter draws yoke 81 to the leftward tilted position. As this takesplace pawl 92 allows a tooth to escape and pawl 9| thereafter catchesone and the wheel 93 is held until shaft 83 rotates once again.- Thepawls are so arranged that about 'Mgths of the advance of the angularattitude of one division of dial takes place when pawl 9| allows a toothto escape, ,while the other 1/th takes place when tooth 91 passes spur89 and spring 95 draws the yoke back.

Tooth is the one held by pawl 9| after pawl 92 releases tooth 99. Spur89 is pivoted with a restraining spring at |0|, the spring being strongenough not to be affected by the advance of tooth 91 against bevel 90,but adapted to yield when in that position upon manual force beingapplied, as later described.

Pawl 9| is pivoted to yoke 81 at point |02 and pawl 92 is pivoted toyoke 81 at point |03, so arranged with springs that when wheel 93 isrotated in the counterclockwise direction, they will pass the teeth of93 without vibrating the yoke 81. A pressure roller |04 mounted onspring |05, attached to wall serves to prevent overthrow of wheel 93when it is being retracted.

Yoke 01 has affixed to it yoke arm |06, which lifts and lowers yoke rod|01 during normal operation, and is lifted and lowered by yoke rod |01by manual operation as later explained. Forward of the plane of wheel 93and mostly indicated in dotted lines is escapement gear |08, shown inengagement with nickel gear |09, seen as partition 1| is broken away at||0. Wheel 93 is behind gear |08, and partition 1| is forward of gears|08 and |09, while nickel ratchet wheel is forward of the plane of wall1|. The partitions or walls are considered as non-existent for some ofthe purposes of the drawings,

in order to indicate by full lines, instead of dotted lines, variousparts.

Gear |08 is affixed to shaft 94, and gear |09 is aflixed"to shaft 2, towhich ratchet Wheel is also affixed. Gear |09 engages quarter gear 3,aflixed to shaft ||4, to which quarter ratchet wheel ||5 is alsoattached. When gear |08 rotates in a clockwise direction, gear |3 doeslikewise, the intermediate gear |09 rotating counterclockwise.

Driving pawl arm IIB with tooth ||8 serves to drive gear |09 in aclockwise direction, and driving pawl arm ||1, with teeth ||9|20 servesto drive gear ||3 in a counterclockwise direction. The operation of,either driving pawl rotates wheel 93 in a counterclockwis'e directionand reduces the reading lof dial Il. The dial readings are going up, onedivision per hour, when the apparatus is in operation and during suchtime,

the teeth ||8 and |20 are being idly lifted bythe ratchet wheels and||5.

If, now, the operator inserts a nickel in slot 29, he is able to rotatecrank 24. Aflixed to shaft 32 is crank 24 and driving crank disc |2|,which has a stud |22, while pawl arm ||6 is fitted with a' fork at theupper end, the arms of which |23, |24 are guided by stud |22 and drivenby it at certain attitudes. The lower end |25 of pawl arm IIS is guidedby aperture |26 of lug |21 aflixed to wall 1|. End |25 is enlarged sothat arm ||B cannot be drawn further upward than indicated in thedrawings, Fig. 2.

The initial, idle position of stud |22 is about degrees to the left ofthe top of a vertical line through shaft 32. Arms |23, I 24 arecontinued to be guided by it at this attitude. In the attitude of stud|22 in the drawings, it has been rotated from the initial position andis now about to begin to drive pawl arm |6 downwards. Arm ||6 is solimited that tooth ||8 can drive wheel forward but one tooth, or fifteendegrees. It thereupon passes off tooth |28. When tooth ||8 and pawl arm||5 are retracted to the initial position, it is then in position todrive the next tooth |29, of wheel Similarly pawl arm ||1 is driven by astud, |30 aiiixed to driving crank disc |3|, attached to shaft 2| andhaving boss |32. In the attitude shown, pawl arm ||1 is ready to bedriven. While disc |2| turns about 120 degrees before stud |22 begins todrive pawl arm H6, disc |32 turns but thirty degrees before stud |30begins to drive pawl arm I |1. Pawl arm |6 has to turn wheel but onetooth or division, while pawl arm ||1 has to turn wheel ||5 through fivedivisions or teeth, being about '15 degrees. One tooth, as |20 would beinsufficient to drive wheel ||5 through five divi- When ||5 is rotated,tooth |20 engages tooth |33 and tooth I9 presently engages tooth |35,tooth |34 not requiring an engaging tooth on the pawl arm ||1. Afterwheel ||5 is rotated75 degrees, tooth ||9 passes off wheel I5 andcontinues to descend. When retracted tooth |20 isin position to begindriving tooth |36. A 25-cent piece sions, so an additional tooth ||9 issupplied."

"40 cents it would be turned back to 15 cents." Three nickelssuccessively in slot I2 would then enable dial to be turned back tozero.

In order that an operator may not drive cranks 24, 25 back and forth, towork the dial back, discs |2| and |3| are fitted on their peripherieswith ratchet teeth as |40.

Pawl lever |4|, pivoted on post 42, ailixed to wall 1| has tooth |43,which engages the teeth of disc |2| and prevents it from beingretracted. Spring |44 affixed to short arm |45 of lever |4| and to post|46 in wall 1|, serves to hold tooth |43 against 'one of teeth |40, sothat during a forward driving of crank 24, it cannot be retracted morethan the amplitude of one tooth. Lever |48, pivoted to post |49, hastooth |50, and is drawn into working position by spring |5I, aillxed toshort end |52 of lever |48 and post |53 in wall 1I.

Member 203 is fitted with stud |54, perpendicular to the disc |2I. Whenthe disc is rotated. stud |54 strikes extension |55 of lever 4|, drivesit downward and throws tooth |43 out of engagement with teeth |40. Thisoccurs after pawl tooth I8 has cleared wheel tooth |28, whereupon pawlarm ||6 is free to be driven downward far enough to unlatch lever |4|.

Similarly member |99 is tted with lever stud |56, which strikesextension |51 of lever |48, and unlatches it. 'I'he unlatching of levers|4|, |48 does not occur until channels 29 and 30 have reached theattitude shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2 which allows the coins to fallinto channels 34, 35. Thus the operator cannot recover the coins byturning cranks 24, 25 back.

Pawl arm II6 is fitted with ratchet teeth |58. Pawl arm |59 has shortend |60, pivoted on post |42, with tooth I 6| which engages one of teeth|58. Pawl arm |59 is held against pawl arm ||6 by spring |62, afhxed to|59 and to post |63 in wall 1 I. Thus when pawl arm I I6 is driven down,tooth |6| prevents its retraction. Post |42 serves to pivot lever |4|and arm |59, with it affecting their operation, separately.

Similarly pawl arm ||1 is provided with teeth |64, and pawl arm |65,with short arm |66, pivoted on post |61, and with tooth |61 whichengages teeth |64. Pawl arm |65 is held against ||1 by a spring |68,aillxed to the long arm and to post |69 in wall 1|.

Bell crank lever |10, pivoted on post |1| in wall 1|, has a ratchettooth |12 on its arm |10, which ratchet bears against the long end oflever |4|, drawn thereto by spring |13, alxed to arm |10 and to post|63, to which spring |62 is also attached.

When long arm of lever |4| is driven down, tooth |12 latches it in thelower attitude.

Similarly bell crank |14, pivoted on post |15 in wall-1|, has ratchettooth |16 on arm |14 arid spring |11 afiixed to arm |14 and post |53, towhich post spring |5| is also attached, without either affecting theother. Thus arm |48 is latched down when it is driven down by stud |56.In this attitude, pawl arms ||6, ||1 are latched down and cranks 24, 25are free to be retracted. The arrangement is such that when studs |22and |3| are retracted to an attitude 15 degrees off the vertical at thetop, to the left, (Fig. 2) pawl arms I I6, I1 remain in the extremedepressed attitude, while fork arms |23, |24 of pawl arm I I6 and forkarms |18-|19 of pawl arm ||1 still contain the studs, |22|23respectively.

Arm |I6 has spring |80 affixed to post |8| in wall 1|, which tends torestore ||6 to its initial position. Similarly pawl arm ||1 has spring|82, ailixed to its projecting arm |83 and post |84 in wall 1I. theplane of the discs |2I, |82. When stud |85 on disc |2| strikes short arm|60 and moves it to the left (Fig. 2) tooth |6I is thrown out ofengagement with tooth |58 and arm ||6 is allowed to be retracted by itsspring |80. Stud |85 does this when crank 24 is retracted. Arm |88 islimited by post |46.

Similarly stud |86 on disc |32 strikes arm |68 of pawl |65 and forces itdown. This frees pawl arm ||1, which is then retracted by spring |82;Stud |86 is limited by stop |81 on arm ||1, and when |86 strikes |81crank arm 25 is stopped, it being arranged to be stopped about 15degrees off the vertical line at the top, to the left.

In the drawings, stud |85 on disc I2I, is in its proper position, but 0ndisc |32 stud |86 is shown as advanced out of its proper position ascompared to the other parts, and about to depress arm |66.

When pawl arm I6 is released and is retracted, its stud |88 presentlystrikes arm |89 of lever |10, and thus latch |12 is caused to unlatchlever |4|, thus allowing pawl arm |4| to return to control of disc |2I.

Similarly, pawl arm ||1 has stud |90 which lifts arm |9| of lever |14and enables pawl |48 again to control disc |32. Arm |9| does not followstud |90 down, but is arranged to remain suspended, to be struck by therising of |90.

Afxed to wheel 93 is a shallow cup opening backwards, with a slot in theside of its periphery or ring |92. Against the periphery |92, toothlever |94 rests. Lever |94 is pivoted in lugs |95 on wall I, and isdriven upward by spring |96. It has tooth 91 on the upper side bearingagainst the periphery of the cup, and tooth |91 is adapted to enter slot|93 when gear |08, to which 93 is affixed drives the slot to that point.The ring |92 is shown in dotted lines being beyond the plane of itsbottom plate, |92.

When gear |08 is driven in a counter-clockwise direction by theoperation of either crank 24 or 25, tooth |91 presently enters slot |93,which is so set with relation to dial that on tooth 91 entering slot|93, the dial shows zero. The train of gears |08, |09, ||3 is alsobrought to a stop. The apparatus cannot again be started until lever |94and tooth |91 are depressed freeing ring |92.

If this occurs during the utilization of a quarter, when for example,three divisions only of the dial are turned prior to the tooth |91entering slot I 93, crank 25 and disc |32 are temporarily stopped. Inorder for the apparatus to possess the quarter, the lower part of arm|I1 is iitted with a channel aperture and the upper part |99, is fittedwith a shank, 200, which is adapted to slide up and down in the channelof ||1. A spring, 20|, extends from ||1 to |99, being very stii so thatunder ordinary circumstances it does not fgive when arm ||1 is operatedbut holds ||1-|| 9 together as if they were one piece. When, however,|08 is stopped, the operator, by using greater pressure, is able todepress the spring 20| far enough to enable the coin to fall fromchannel 30 to channel 35. Unless this is done crank 25 cannot be-freedfrom latch |48, and the door 6 cannot be closed.

Arm ||6 is similarly fitted With parts 202, 203, 204 and 205, so thatii' an extra nickel is inserted inadvertently, it may be retained by theapparatus.

Pawl arms |59 and |65 are forward of connected with apparatus in thepedestal, as

later described. Arm 201 freely passes up and down in a slot in oor 4.VWhen blade 206 is lifted, its lower edge rises above the plane of thetop of crank 45. Crank 45 has a notch 209 (Fig. 3) which prevents itbeing rotated when blade 206 is down. But when blade 206 is lifted bythe depositing of the necessary coins and operation of the dial, crank45 is thus released to be manually operated. It may then be turned about100 degrees, to be caughtA by latch 49, accomplishing functions laterdescribed.

Clock 8 has main shaft 82, end to end and in line with shaft 83. Theclock is attached and de.- tached by a clutch having members 84-85. The'clutch is best seen in Figs. 3 and 5 but is omitted from Fig. 4.

Bell crank lever 2|0 is mounted-in pendant lugs 2| l, afllxed to crossbar 2|2, extending from wall 9 to wall 1|, across the top of the clock.Clock 8 is supported by wall 9, standard 2|3, cross bar 2|2 and foot 2|4to Wall 11.

Vertical arm 2|5 of bell crank 2|0 is drawn to the right (Fig. by spring2|6, thus closing the clutch 84-85 unless prevented from so being drawnto the right.

Wall 16 is cut through at 2| 1 to provide passage for members at thatpoint.

End 2|'8 of lever 2|0 has a pendant rod affixed thereto, which goes-into the base for functions later described.

Arm 2|5 controls clutch member 85, and when spring 2|6 is allowed tofunction, it closes the clutch and connects the clock with the rest ofthe apparatus. When rod 2|9 is pushed up, overcoming spring 2|6, clutchmember 85 is withdrawn from clutch member 84, and the clock is thusdisconnected from the rest of the apparatus. The lifting of rod 2|9 isaccomplished by lever |94, which has a shelf 220 through which rod 2|9passes. Collar 22| is ailixed to rod 2|9 and thus when lever |94 liftsby its tooth |91 entering slot |93, rod 2|9 is thrust upward.

When a vehicle is parked for twenty-four hours means are provided tode-clutch the clock and automatically to start the ringing of a bell toattract attention.

To accomplish this, the clutch member 84 is arranged to be moved towardsthe clock by bell crank lever 222, pivoted in lugs 223 on standard 2|3,having long arm, engagingr clutch member 84 and short arm 221. Post 224is ail'ixed to the bottom of cup |92, parallel with shaft 94. Lever 225is provided, pivoted in lugs 226 on wall 11. It is adapted to be liftedby post 224, which is so located on |92 that it reaches lever 225 andstrikes it from beneath at about the end of twenty-four hours ofcontinuous parking. -When post 224 forces the outer end of lever 225upward, the latter strikes short arm 221 oi' lever 222. and drives longarm towards standard 2|8, in opposition to spring 228, which ordinarilyholds clutch member 04 in the attitude shown in Fig. 5, even when clutchmember 85 is withdrawn. While this de-clutching'is occurring, electricalcontacts 229 are closed andan electric circuit set up from a source ofelectricity through bell 10, which begins to ring and rings continuouslyuntil the vehicle is released.

When a coin descends in channel 34, it encounters short arm 230 of bellcrank lever 23|,

which forces long arm 232 to depress arm 233 of counting machine 234,thus counting the coin. As arm 233 descends it causes electricalcontacts 235 to be closed, and bell 10 is rung one stroke. The coin thenpasses into a common channel 236 and from there to 231 and into thebase.

Similarly when a coin descends in channel 35 l is strikes arm 239 oflever 240 and long arm 24| strikes arm 242 of counter 234, and contacts243 are closed, ringing bell 10 momentarily. It then drops into thecommon channel 236 and thence to 231. The user is thus, by bell, madeaware that the apparatus has functioned.

A floor 238 at the bottom of walls 12, 13 and 1.4 affords a recess inwhich crank 45 operates.

The head is mounted on a circular pedestal with wall 65, and llet 66between the pedestal and the floor of the head, as the pedestal issmaller in diameter than the head.

The pedestal contains the parts with which to secure and release thevehicle, and has ve members in communication with the head;l escapementyoke rod |01; arm 201 of stopping lever |94, connected to rod 208; clockclutch rod 2|9; pinion shaft 51 and central shaft 46.

Fig. 7 is an elevation, partly in section, of the pedestal with rwall 65removed or in section, as seen by an observer looking at vthe clock whendoor 6 is open. 'I'he vehicle is then on the observers right. Fig. 8 isan elevation, partly in section, of the pedestal apparatus as seen fromthe roadway when the vehicle is parked at the right of the observer ashe looks at the clock.

Figs. 9, 10, 11, and 12-are sectional plans taken on the vlinesindicated in Fig. 7.

The vehicle is attached at the upper part of lever 249 which includes aprong 250, a hand hold at its top, 25|, and a reception horn 252, allris-- ing from a horizontal elbow member 253. The remainder of the leveris composedy of vertical bar 254, a horizontal bar 255, a lowercontinua- ,tion of vertical bar 254 and a lower horizontal pawl arm 251,the lever pivoted in lugs 256. The lev'er as shown is in the position ofrest between the securing of vehicles. Some of the other parts, however,are in different attitudes, Aas will be noted, in order to illustratethe action more clearly.

When a vehicle is to be secured, crank 45 is turned until it is held byits ratchet tooth. A

wire rope 258, terminating in a ring 259 is then drawn off a windlass260 manually. It is put through a portion of the vehicle, as betweenspokes, or through a fender or handle, and then the prong 250 is drawnout and the ring settled on the horn 252. The hold 25| is released andhorn 252 snaps back into the wall 65, its lower portion at the ringbeing unable to re-enter. Lever 249 is retracted by spring 26|, whichcauses lever 249 to be latched by latch lever 262, end 289 of arm 251being caught by the middle tooth of 262. The Windlass automatically drawin the slack rope..

Assuming the apparatus to be closed and a user desires to secure avehicle. He first opens door 5 and pulls crank 45 around until it islatched. Crank 45 is aillxed to short shaft 46, which is journalled infloor 4 and a horizontally placed T-shaped bar with stem 263 and bar264.` Spiral spring 48 tends to retract crank 45, being wound as it isturned to the ratchet.

, Aixed to shaft 48 is arm 265, which is turned about 100 degrees as thecrank 45 is so turned.

the stroke of the Arm 255, journalled in lugs 261 is normally tilted ata slight upward incline towards it outer end.` It consists of inclinedbar portion 265 and rest portion 269. At the point 210, where the arm iscrooked, it rests on the top of a vertical rod 21|, sliding in lugs 212,213, 214 and pressed up by spring 215 and held against upward action bystud 216.

When arm 265 is turned, it strikes and depresses arm 266 which forcesrod 21| downwards. After depressing 266, arm 265 slides on rest portion'266, which causes no further depression of rod 21|, and at the end ofthemovement of arm 265 it is stopped by stud 266. While crank 45 islatched, rod 21| remains in the down position, and when crank 45 isreturned to its initial position, rod 21| accordingly rises.

Lever arm 211. pivoted in lugs 216 has short end 219 which fits in anotch 266 in rod 21|. When rod 21| descends, end 26| of arm 211 risesand lifts lever 262, which is pivoted in lugs 263.

Latch262 is composed of a bell crank lever 262, pivoted in lugs 263. oneof which has a projection 263" which prevents arm 264 of lever 262 fromfalling below a horizontal position. Arm 262 has three teeth, twolowerfteeth and an upper stop tooth. A bell crank lever 265, with asemicircular end 261 is pivoted on the outer end of arm 264, and has atooth 266, which is so pivoted with a spring that it may lean to theleft as seen in Fig. 7. Portion 261 is held down by ann 251 against aspring which tends to force it upwards.

When arm 262 is forced up it strikes tooth 266 and thus lifts end 264 oflever 262 against spring 266. This frees pawl arm 251 of the middle orlower tooth of arm 262, as the case may be and it is free to be lifted,but does not rise of its own accord as spring 26| opposes that.

When 251 is lifted by manual operation of 25|,

arm 265 is allowed to rise, whereupon point of tooth 266 is pushed oi!the outer end of arm 262. 'I'his causes arm 262 to be pressed forward byspring 266 in position to retain 251 when it is returned, 251 strikingthe upper stop tooth of 262, which limits the outward movement of 25|.

When lever 246 is allowed to be retracted by spring 26|, the descent ofarm 251 forces arm 265 down and forces tooth 265 against the end oflever 262. It gives and remains in that position until arm 262 islowered, when it snaps back into the position indicated in Fig. '1. Thepurpose of this is to prevent lever 246 being worked back and forth by auser. When it releases itself, it will be caught again if allowed to bedrawn back. As this occurs the dial I is set at l cents automatically aslater explained so that the apparatus cannot be operated again until thecents is inserted. It is thus not an apparatus to be monkeyed with.

The descent of rod 21| frees cord 256 so that it can be drawn out. Rod21| carries two pawls. 266 and 26|. Windlass 266 has two ratchet teethwheels. with teeth facing in opposite directions. Wheel 262 is engagedby pawl 296 above it and wheel 263 is engaged by pawl 26| below it.

In Figs. 'I and 8 the rod 21| is shown in the idle position. Thispermits pawl 29| to engage wheel 263 so that cord 256 cannot be drawnout. When rod 21| descends, pawl 266 is lowered and is in position toengage the teethof wheel 262, while pawl 26| is lowered out of the rangeof wheel 263. The operator can now draw cord 256 out by taking hold ofring 256. and the cord is prevented from being retracted and jerked outof his hands by pawl 296 engaging teeth of wheel 262. Ring guide thecords, wheel The teeth of pawls 290 and 29| are pivoted with Ysprings sothat they give when their wheels retract.

Windlass 260 has two cords, one 256 for securing the vehicle and one,294, which winds on a much smaller core 295, mounted on shaft 299 inlugs 299. Cord 294 runs over pulley 295, journalled on a shaft in lugs296, and carries weight 291. The Windlass has side discs 300 and 30| to292 also serving as a side disc. When rod 21| rises, weight 291 retractsthe Windlass and draws the cord taut while pawl 29| prevents it frombeing drawn out.

When lever 249 is manually released after ring 259 has been settled onhorn 252, spring 26| retracts lever 249 and would draw in the horn asseen in Fig. 7, but ring 259 at the bottom of the horn prevents thatportion from being drawn in, while the top of tle horn does pass intothe slot in 65 provided for it and end 289 of arm 251 is caught by themiddle tooth of 252. Arm 251 cannot descend lower and be caught by thelower tooth of 262 as ring 259 prevents it descending that far. Lever249 thus has three positions. rest, drawn out and secured. Ring 259cannot be withdrawn from the horn as the top of the horn is inside wall65.

In addition to the functions of lever crank 45 and its communicatingmembers just described, the three rods |01, 209 and 2|9 also affectfunctions of the pedestal apparatus.

When the proper number of coins have been inserted and the dialretracted, and lever |94 rises as its tooth |91 enters slot |63, andthis declutches the clock as rod 2 9 is forced up by lever |94 strikingits collar 22|. When this occurs lower end 302 of rod 2I9, which is inthe form of a tooth, is lifted and engaged by stationary tooth 303,erected in partition floor 304. The clock remains disconnected evenafter lever |94 descends. because end 302 is held up by tooth 303, andthe clock will not again be connected until tooth 302 is thrown offtooth'303.

Means are provided for drawing tooth |91 down out of slot |93 so thatthe apparatus may be started again. Rod 208 has at its lower end a pin305. Lever 301 is pivoted in lugs 305 in floor 253. The outer end of thelever 301 rests `on pin 305, and on lever 301 being depressed it forcespin 305 down enough to cause |91 to clear |93. Blade 265 of lever |94 isspring pivoted to "give on this action taking place, dropping when crank45 is turned to its initial position.

Lifting rod 306 has a slot 309 at its upper end. Stud 3|0 xed instandard lug 3|| slides in the slot, its outer end slightly enlarged.and when rod 306 is dropped it serves to suspend it.

Lifting rod 306 has three teeth 3|2, 3|3l 3|4I tooth 3|2 being adaptedto lift short end 3|5 of lever 301. which thus depresses rod 203 andclears |91-|93. Lifting rod 306 is caused to rise by the manualoperation of lever 249, arm 255 of which engages tooth 3|4 of rod 306,.by means of its elbow 3I5.

Toothed wheel 3|1 is journalled on shaft 3|6 held in lugs 3|9, theforward one of which is broken away in the drawings, Fig. 7, and it hastwo rows of teeth in different planes. Teeth 320 are beyond teeth 32|.

Wheel 3|1 is driven by pawl arm 322, pivoted in lug arms 323 at axis324. It has elbow 3|6, which is engaged and lifted by tooth 3| 3 of rod308. When the end 323 of 322 is freed of the support of tooth 3|3 it isdrawn back to idle position by spring 321 attached to lug 328, and in sodoing beak 329 advances wheel 3|1 -1/8 of a revolution.

Escape yoke rod |01, which slides in apertures in floors 4 and 254 andin lug 330 carries attached to it an upper arm 33|, contacting with theteeth of 32| and a lower arm 332, contacting with the teeth of 320.

The object of this arrangement is to cause yoke 31 to function andrelease-dial for two divisions, so that ten cents will be charged at theoutset. y

When wheel 3 I 1 is caused to rotate in a counterclockwise directionbytooth 329, rod |01'may, at the start, be 'either in the upper or thelower position, or between them. In Fig. 7 it is shown in the upperposition but in Fig. 2 it is shown in the lower position.

As seen in Fig. '7 when pawl 322 functions, it advances wheel 3|1 fortwo teeth. The first effect is to force arm 332 down by the passing of atooth of 320. This also lowers arm 33| into the path of a tooth of 32|,which then raises 33| and consequently 332. 'I'he latter is now in thepath of the next tooth of 320 and is lowered by it which accordinglybrings arm 33| into the path of the next tooth of 32|. It is then liftedand rod |01, after thus making two complete movements rests at itsinitial position, having caused two divisions of dial to be advanced.

It is to be noted that |91|93 is cleared by tooth 3|2 of rod 303 andlever 301 before 3|1 is moved. Thus after wheel 3|1 has rotated M; ofarevolution, ring |92 has advanced accordingly and tooth |91 is restingon the periphery ot' |92. To release the vehicle it is necessary toinsert two nickels, asv though the vehicle had been secured for twohours.

As lever 243 is moved out and in when the vehicle is secured, and isagain moved out and in when the vehicle is released, it is necessarythat rod 303 be moved or lifted but once during such a cycle, and thatonly onlthe out-and-in-movement of the lever 249 when the vehicle issecured. The following means are provided to accomplish this effect.

Dislodging lever 333 is pivoted in lugs 334, the forward one of which isbroken off in the drawings, Fig. '1, rising from floor 304. -Lever333has two arms, 333 to the right and 333 to the left (Fig. '1). Arm 333has a^semicircular end, serving as a hammer head to strike rod 303, anda second such head on elbow 333, serving to strike rod |31, both headsbeing out of the plane of lever 333. Stud. 333 on the side of arm 255strikes the underside of arm 333, as 233 rises. This forces hammer 331against rod 303, and when-333 has been lifted to a selected height, 331drives rod 303 to the left and teeth 3|2, 3|3 and 3|4 are no longer inengagement with 301, 323 and 233 respectively.

Arm 333, terminating in tooth 343, is at the same time latched by pawl340 with tooth 343. .Pawl 343 is provided with arm 343 and is drawnupwards by spring 342 when tooth 343 engages 343. Pawl 340 is pivoted inlug arms 34|, the forward one of which is broken away in the drawings,(Fig. '1)

When arm 255 lifts rod 308 the first function that takes place isthe-clearing of |91-I93. The second function is the catching of a toothof 3|1 by beak 329, the third function is the releasing of rod 303 bybeing pushed off arm 255 by hammer 331. When this takes place beak 329advances wheel 3|1 and two divisions of dial are advanced. The finalfunction is the pushing of tooth 302 off tooth303, so that the clock maybe clutched in. Spring 2|8 (Fig. 5) forces rod |01 and tooth 302downwards and closes clutch 84-85.

The operator now settles ring 259 over horn 252 and releases lever 249.Spring 28| draws 252 in and causes end 299 of arm 251 to be caught bythe middle tooth of 262. Windlass 250 draws steel cord 253 taut whencrank 45 is returned to its initial point. The door 6 is then closed andthe vehicle left secured to the post.

Whenthe user comes to release the car, he opens door 6, puts in thenecessary coins and presently |91|93 is cleared and the clockunclutched. Crank 45 may now be turned and caught by latch 49,depressing rod 21 Bell crank 282 is tilted so that end 289 of arm 251 isclear of the tooth of 282; Pawl 29| is forced down, so that the user maydraw out free cord in releasing the vehicle. The user then tilts lever249 to bring horn 252 out of wall 85. He then removes ring 2595 fromhorn 252 and disengages cord 259 from the vehicle, and the cord thenlies on the ground.

When the tilt's lever 249 and arm 251 is lifted away from 262, tooth 238escapes the end of lever 232. When the use r releases handle 25| andallows lever 249 to return to its initial position, end 289 of arm 251is drawn back by spring 23| and engages the lower tooth of 262. It then'cannot be released until rod 21| is lifted and lowered again. a

The lifting of arm 255 when the vehicle was secured has caused arm 335to be engaged by latch 349. 'Thus rods 303 and |01 are not engaged ormolested on the lifting of arm 255 when the vehicleis released. Lever301 is also not disturbed. Rod 2|9 is held up in the disengaged positionof the clutch by arm |94 during this time.

Arm- 255 is tted with a pawi lever arm 244 which lias two teeth, and isadapted to rotate wheel 345 A of a revolution on each down stroke.

Ratchet tooth wheel 345 is mounted on an axle in lugs 34|, the forwardone of whichl is broken oif in the drawings, Fig. "1. Attached to wheel345 is a disc portion having two posts, 348 and 341. They are on theother side of wheel 345 as seen lin Fig. 7. On the down stroke of pawlarm 344,

which slides in guide 323, after the vehicle isA secured, thequarterturn of 345 brings post 341 to the attitude shown in thedrawings, Fig. 7. In

this attitude arm 335 should be latched by 349, bringing end 343 of 340into the path of post 341. On-the down stroke of 344 after the release-`of the vehicle, post 341 is carried 1/4 turn which causes it to strikearm 343 and unlatch 335. This allows hammers 331 and 338 to retract andcauses tooth 302 to be engaged by tooth 303, and tooth 3|4 to be inposition to be lifted by arm 255. Spring 330 drives .rod 2 I9 to theleft and spring 35| drives rod 303 to the left, Fig. 7. In this figureof drawings lever 249 is in the position of rest between attachments ofthe vehicles. and 308 is in the same attitude of rest, but tooth 302 isin the attitude of operation. Levers 333 and 340 are also in theattitude of rest. Wheel 343 is in the attitude Just before the downstroke of the release During the periods between the attachment ofvehicles, lever |94 is in the upper position, |91 being in slot |93.'I'his also forces the unclutching of the clock. Rod |01 remains in thelast position to which it was moved. Arm 322 is spring pivoted at point359, so that it may slide readily across the teeth of 3|1 when beingdrawn. down. Spring 353 pushes pawl arm 344 against wheel 345. Spring354 draws arm 335 down against stud 339.

In order to further assure the disengagement of the clock between thesecuring of vehicles, lever 355 is provided, pivoted in lugs 356, itsupper end adapted to be drawn to the right (Fig. 1) by spring 351,against a stud 358 on arm 353 of lever 249. Arm 359 is hinged to thelower end of lever 355. When lever 349 is opened to secure a vehicle,arm 359 is thrown to the left, and when 249 secures a vehicle, tooth 360of arm 359 does not affect rod 2|9. The end 360 is best seen in a small,broken-in insert in Fig. l1. When arm 359 is drawn to the right whenlever 249 is at rest after releasing a vehicle it draws rod 2|9 to theright so that tooth 302 will be above tooth 303. It will be held thereuntil lever 249 is tilted to secure another vehicle. Stud 36| on rod 2|9holds arm 359 in a horizontal position.

Wheels 3|1 and 345 move under slight friction in orde! to prevent themfrom retracting on the return of their pawls.

Hoods 362 and 363 provide a protection against the weather.

The base 364, is composed of. a metal receptacle with metal walls andbase 365. It is full of concrete 366, pedestal being inserted in it whenthe concrete is freshly mixed. Post 361 is attached to the base andserves to hold the post firmly to the ground, although the weight of theconcrete is suflcient`to maintain the post in any selected location.

Strong box 369 is set in the concrete, and coins reach it through coinchannel 369, which is a continuation of coin channel 239, deflected onthe way down to pass other members of the apparatus. Strong box 369 haslock 310 and hinges 31| and 312.

In Fig. 13 is shown an elevation of the parking post as it appears toone about to make use of it, the same view as that taken in Fig. 1.

It is secured in a concrete sidewalk 313, near stone curb 314, while anautomobile on street 315 has fender 316 through which cord 256 passes tohorn 252. When the cord is thrown to the ground after being releasedfrom horn 252 and fender 316, it is drawn back on windlass 260 when therod 21| rises. Rods 309 and other portions are provided with guides as311, 319 to keep them in the working attitudes. In Fig. 8 one of thelugs 256 is omitted for clearness in the drawings. In Figs. '1 and 8 thewalls are taken in median section while the working parts are inelevation, some forward of the plane o f wall sections.

The apparatus may be used for other purposes, as when attached to acontainer which cannot be opened until the proper coinage is deposited.or as to a room or bank vault or reecptacle for packages.

What I claim is:

l. Apparatus adapted to secure a vehicle and to retain it until manuallyreleased, comprising a post in which is mounted a rotatable windlass. acord or chain wound on said windlass and adapted to be drawn off uponthe release of said windlass, means to so release said windlass; a cordor chain holder pivoted in said post having a member adapted to be drawnout manually, said cord or chain when drawn off said windlass adapted tobe passed through a portion of a vehicle to be secured and thereaftersecured to said chain holder;lsaid holder means adapted, uponbeingmanually released to automatically return partly within said post;means wherein said holder means is thereupon automatically latchedagainst manual withdrawal. and coin controlled releasing means, adaptedto increase, as time passes from the securing of said vehicle, theamount of coin necessary to release said holder from said latch, andmeans manually operable. upon reception of the necessary coin, to effectthe release of said holder, it being thereby adapted to permit the cordor chain to be removed.

.2. 'I'he matter of claim 1 wherein the coin controlled releasing meanscomprises a clock, a coin dial adapted to indicate coin increasing inproportion to time elapsed from the securing of a vehicle, governingmeans whereby said clock controls the advance of said dial; meansadapted to throw said clock into engagement with said dial movingmechanism automatically upon the securing of a vehicle, and releasingmeans adapted to be operated on the reception of the indicated coinage,including automatic means to disengage said clock from the dialoperating means and to release said vehicle cord or chain holder.

3. In a parking post a clock having a shaft adapted to rotate once anhour, or other selected length of time; slidably mounted on said shaft aclutch member; a second shaft in line with said clock shaft, end to end,a slidably mounted clutch member on said second shaft, adapted to engagewith the said clutch member of the clock shaft; whereby to cause saidsecond shaft to be rotated by said clock shaft when clutched thereto, abell crank lever having a horizontal lever pivoted medianly, and an armpositioned perpendicularly thereto, adapted to control said secondshafts clutch member; the other end of said bell crank lever providedwith a pendant rod whereby it may be controlled, a collar aixed to saidsecond shaft, said collar fitted with a tooth projecting therefrom; anescapement yoke positioned below and in the plane of and parallel tosaid second shaft collar; said yoke provided with a verticallyprojecting arm having a bevelled surface towards the advance of saidcollar tooth, whereby said rotation of said collar tooth is adapted toforce or tilt said yoke; a spring adapted upon the passing of said toothpast said vertical arm to retract or tilt said yoke back to its initialattitude; pendant escapement pawls, one each attached to an end of thearm of the said yoke; an escapement tooth wheel in the plane of saidpawls and between them; said escapement wheel fixed to a shaft, saidshaft parallel to said clock shaft; a spiral spring aillxed to saidshaft and to a stationary member, said stationary member, adapted to bewound upon the retraction of said shaft, and adapted to unwind and turnsaid escapement wheel in opposition to said pawls one wheel toothdivision upon being released by said escapement yoke and pawls on ago-and-return movement; a coin indicating dial having a plurality ofdivisions corresponding in number to the teeth of said escapement wheel,affixed to said escapement shaft and adapted to be rotated one divisionon each go-and-return movement of said yoke and pawls; a partitionbefore said dial and a window therein, adapted to exhibit one divisionat a time, and in communication with the fore- 'Il adapted upon beingpressed upward by a transgoing apparatus a coin 'controlled mechanismhaving members adapted to be advanced in consonance with the advance ofsaid escapement wheel shaft, and adapted to be manually operated in thereverse direction, and adapted when so operated to retract said dial andescapement wheel to the initial position.

4. The matter of claim-3 including a horizontal bar aiixed to said yokeextending to one side, a vertically positioned rod aftlxed to the end ofsaid bar and means whereby said rod may be moved up and down, whereuponto tilt said yoke a go-and-return movement foreach cycle of up and downmotions.

5. The bell-crank clutch rod as set forth in claim 3, including a collarpositioned below said escapement wheel and adapted to be struck. by arising lever and adapted thereupon to declutch said clock, and saidrising lever.

6. In a parking post of the class described having a base, a pedestaland a head, and mechanism in the pedestal and head adapted to secure avehicle to said post, in the pedestal a primary bell crank lever,retracted by a spring, said spring, said lever pivoted in lugs andhaving an arm positioned vertically and two arms positionedhorizontally, a lower latch arm and an upper lifting arm; said bellcrank lever pivoted at the juncture of said lifting arm and saidvertical arm, said ver tical arm having a horizontal elbow, from whichproject two vertically placed members, a hand hold member, whereby saidbell crank lever is tilted and a horn member behind said hand holdmember, said horn member adapted to receive a vehicle securing cord, andsaid wall of said pedestal having a slot whereby said horn maybe drawnoutside said wall by said hand hold member, the remaining portions ofsaid bell crank lever being enclosed in said pedestal.

7. In a parking post of the class described having a base, a pedestaland a head; a vehicle securing cord or chain, wrapped upon a'windlass inthe pedestal, said windlass, said cord adapted upon release of saidwindlass to be manually withdrawn therefrom and secured to said vehicle,and the end of said cord thereupon being adapted to be secured to saidhorn set forth in claim 6, means adapted to so release said windlass;said horn adapted to be drawn out of said pedestal manually for thereception of said cord, and upon being manually released adapted toretract partially into said pedestal whereby the top of said horn isheld within said pedestal while the lower portion securing said cordremains outside said pedestal, and automatic latch means adapted toretain said horn within said pedestal until released.

8. In a parking post of the class described, having a base, a pedestaland a head, and mechanism adapted to secure a vehicle; included thereina primary bell crank lever having one vertically positioned and twohorizontally positioned arms, an upper and a lower horizontal arm, saidlower arm adapted upon the retraction of said primary bell crank leverby a spring to be automatically latched, said spring, and a latchtherefor committing leverto lift said horizontal arm of said secondarybell crank lever, and a horizontally disposed arm terminating in abearing disc, said disc adapted to press against the underside of said 5latched lower horizontal arm of said primary bell crank lever, forcedthereto by a spring, said springv positioned between the upper side ofsaid horizontal arm of said secondary bell crank lever and the undersideof the said horizontal arm of said tertiary bell crank lever, and means,manually operable, adapted to lift said transmitting lever 'and therebylift said horizontal arm of said secondary bell crank lever, whereby tofree said lower horizontal arm of said primary bell crank lever andadapt said primary'bell crank lever to be manually tilted.

9. In a parking post a head comprised of a roof, a top plate thereunder,a semi-circular rear wall, a senil-circular front wall in the form of adoor vertically disposed, a horizontally disposed floor, a pedestal,said floor supported on said pedestal, a base, said pedestal supportedon said base, and said oor bearing four vertically disposed partitionwalls, parallel to each other and at selected distances apart, one ofthem running across said head from said doors hinges to said doors lock,and said partitions adapted to provide journals for shafts and to haveother uses for the y purposes set forth.

10. In a parking post having four walls as set forth in claim 9, a rearwall, an adjacent second wall, a third wall and a front wall adjacentsaid third wall, a coin channel between said second and third walls, amain shaft, a manually operable crank aixed to said main shaft, saidmain shaft journalled in all four walls, said crank forward of saidfront wall, said main shaft having a collar attached, positioned betweensaid third and fourth walls, a pawl similarly positioned, said collarhaving a tooth adapted to be engaged by said pawl, said pawl tted with asecond arm having a portion turned into said coin channel and adaptedupon being struck by a coin to release said toothed collar; affixed torsaid main shaft between the rear and second walls a spiral spring, alsoailixed to said rear wall and adapted to be wound by the rotation ofsaid manually operable crank, and thereupon to retract said crank to itsinitial position upon said crank being released, and aflixed to saidmain shaft outside said rear wall a disc fitted with a stud, said studadapted to drive a driving pawl rod upon said disc being rotated by saidmanually operable crank-in a forward direction, and a driving pawl rodadapted to 'be driven by said disc stud, and connections whereby saiddriving pawl rod is adapted upon being driven to retract other portionsof the said mechanism.

11. The matter of claim 30 including an additional set of crank, mainshaft, pawl, collar, tooth for collar, a second coin channel, second armfor said pawl adapted to extend into said coin channel, a spiral springadapted to retract said crank upon being released, and a driving discwith a 65 stud adapted to drive a second driving pawl rod, and saidsecond driving pawl rod, and connections therefor similar to those setforth for its driving pawl rodin claim 30. y

12. The driving stud dise and stud set forth in claim 30 including adriving pawl rod adapted to be driven by the rotation of said disc in aforward direction, and a pawl arm adapted to retain said driving pawlrod in the lowermost position to which it may be driven by said disc.

13. A driving stud disc as set forth in claim 30 having a driving studadapted to drive and serve as a guide for the upper end of a drivingpawl rod, said driving pawl rod forked at the upper end, said forkbranches adapted to be retained by said stud positioned between them andadapted to be slidably mounted with respect to said stud, said stud setat a selected angular attitude in respect to the angular attitude of themanually operable crank, said attitude being that which will end thedriving by said stud of said driving pawl upon said manually operablecrank reaching the vertical attitude of its down stroke.

14. In a parking post of the class described a driving pawl rod adaptedto be driven by a manually operable crank and adapted to drive a ratchettooth wheel, comprising two portions,

an upper portion and a lower portion, and an intermediate connection;said lower portion fitted on one edge near the bottom with a toothadapted to eng-age and drive a pawl, and on the opposite edge with a setof teeth, adapted to be engaged by a holding pawl on the'descent of saidrod, a guide adapted to hold the lower end of said rod, said rod at itslower end working in said guide, below said guide a stop on said rod,adapted to be stopped by said guide on the retraction of said rod andretain said rod against further rising, said rod fitted with a stud,aflxed to said rod above said tooth and adapted upon said rod rising tocause other parts to operate; said upper portion of said rod comprisinga forked end, adapted to be guided by, and at a selected angularattitude, to be driven by a stud on a driving disc, said upper portionprovided with a shank at its lower end, and said lower portion providedwith a longitudinal hole in which said shank is adapted to slide, and astiff spring encircling said shank and ailixed at one end to the upperportion above said shank, and to the upper end of the lower portion,whereby to maintain said portions at a selected distance apart duringnormal operation and to permit them to be driven nearer each other onselected occasions.

15. In a parking post of the class described having a manually operablecrank adapted to drive a driving disc, said disc, provided on itsperiphery with teeth, a driving pawl rod adapted to be driven by saiddisc, a disc pawl adapted to engage said disc teeth, held thereagainstby a spring, said spring, and means adapted to release said disc pawlfrom said disc teeth and permit said disc to be retracted, comprising abell crank lever with a vertical arm and a horizontal arm, Said discpawl arm having a long arm carrying said pawl tooth and a short arm,said vertical arm of said bell crank lever fitted with a tooth adaptedto engage said short arm of said pawl disc lever upon said lever havingits long arm depressed, whereby to retain said pawl tooth free of saiddisc teeth; said disc pawl arm fitted with a. shelf extending beyond theplane of said disc wheel; said driving pawl rod fitted with a studadapted upon the rotation of said disc wheel forward to presently strikesaid shelf and depress said long arm of said disc pawl whereupon saidbell crank levers vertical arm is adapted to engage the short arm ofsaid disc pawl lever, whereby to retain said disc pawl lever free fromsaid disc teeth.

16. In a parking post of the class described having a manually operablecrank adapted to drive a driving disc, the matter set forth in claim 15,including said driving pawl rod adapted to be depressed by the forwardrotation of said disc,

a holding pawl therefor, adapted to retain said rod in the lowermostposition to which it may be driven, and means adapted to release saidrod and to return said disc pawl lever to contact with said disc teethcomprising said holding pawl, pivoted to a post and having a long armadapted to retain said rod, and a short arm, and a spring adapted tohold said pawl in engagement with said rod, said short arm forward ofthe plane of said disc, said driving pawl rod provided with a studadapted upon retraction of said disc, and so positioned, as to strikesaid short arm of said holding pawl as it reaches the initial positionto which it is carried by the retraction of said disc, whereby torelease said rod from said holding pawl; said rod provided with ahorizontal arm near the top of its lower portion, in the plane of thebell crank lever set forth in claim l5, said bell crank lever having ahorizontal arm adapted, upon the rising of said rod, to be struck bysaid horizontal arm of said rod, whereby to release said disc pawl leverfrom the vertical end of said bell crank lever and restore said discpawl lever tooth to the periphery of said disc, and said rod beingprovided with a spring, whereby to retract said rod upon its release bysaid holding pawl.

17. In a parking post of the class described having a holding pawl witha short arm, a driving disc with a stud adapted to strike the short armof said holding pawl, means adapted to stop the rotation of said disc atan angular attitude irnmediately subsequent to the attitude at which thesaid disc causes the release of said pawl.

18. In a parking post of the class described having an escapement wheeland affixed thereto the bottom of a cup having sides in the form of anannular ring away from said escapement wheel, a slot through saidannular ring at a selected location; said escapement wheel and cupmounted on a shaft; said shaft being adapted to rotate, means to elfectsuch rotation ailxed to said shaft, a dial marked in divisions, aninitial one marked zero, and said slot of said annular ring located atangular position corresponding to that of the zero division of saiddial; a horizontally positioned stopping lever, under said annular ring,and having a projecting tboth normally bearing on the periphery of saidring, pressed thereagainst by a spring, said spring; said tooth adaptedto enter said slot upon said wheel being advanced to said angularposition. and thereupon to stop said shaft.

19. The matter of claim 18 including also a pendant arm at the outer endof said stopping lever, and affixed to said arm a retractable tooth.adapted at its lower attitude to rest against a shoulder of the collarof a manually operable crank and prevent the manual rotation thereof,and adapted, when in the upper attitude to free said crank collar andpermit its manual rotation.

20. In a parking post of the class described having a train of gearswith an escapement ratchet tooth wheel, a pressure roller adapted torest between adjoining teeth of said escapement wheel and to pass over atooth when said wheel is driven one tooth, whereby to prevent overthrowof said wheel beyond the next tooth upon being driven by an angularattitude equivalent to one tooth.

21. In a parking post of the class described having a base, a pedestaland a head, a door for said head, means adapted to retain said door inthe wide open position when it is manually moved thereto, and automaticmeans adapted to clos(` said door automatically upon its being releasedmanually from said retaining means, said means for holding said dooropen comprising a horizontally positioned shelf or projection aillxed tothe inside of said door, said projection adapted, upon said door beingopened, to contact with a movable member of said head, said movablemember, adapted to be retained in an open position when manually opened,and when in said open position adapted to obstruct the movement of saiddoor shelf projection, whereby to retain said door in the open position.

22. In a parking post of the class described a windlass, a vehicleholding cord or chain wrapped thereon, means whereby said windlass maybe released for manual withdrawal of said cord; said cord adapted to besecured to a vehicle and return to and secure to said post, meansadapted to secure said cord to said post adapted to be automaticallyself locking upon said cord being so secured, and means adapted torelease said cord from said post adapted to operate automatically uponthe deposition in said post of coins in an amount selected in proportionto the time during which the vehicle remained secured to the said post.

23, In a parking post of the class described a sinking rodpositionedvertically and slidably mounted in lugs with a spring adaptedto press it into the upper attitude; two pawls tted on its lower end,each having a retractable tooth; a windlass mounted on a shaftjournalled in lugs; a vehicle securing cord carried by said windlass,said windlass fitted at its end adjacent said sinking rod with tworatchet tooth wheels adjoining each other, said toothed wheels ofdifferent diaroeters, a larger wheel and a smaller wheel; said wheelsfitted with ratchet teeth inclined in opposite directions to each other;said upper pawl of said sinking rod positioned above and adapted toengage the teeth of the larger toothed wheel,and said lower pawl of saidsinking rod. positioned below and adapted to engage the teeth oi saidsmaller toothed wheel, said pawls so positioned that the upper pawl isfree of the larger diameter ratchet tooth wheel when said sinking rod isin its upper attitude, and said lower pawl is in engagement with saidsmaller diameter ratchet tooth wheel when the sinking rod is in saidupper attitude; and said upper pawl is in engagement with said largerratchet wheel and said lower pawl is out of engagement with said smallerratchet tooth wheel when said sinking rod is depressed to its lowestattitude, said pawls and ratchet teeth so arranged that said vehiclecord may be drawn out manually when said sinking rod is in the lowermostattitude, and automatic means adapted to draw in said vehicle cord uponits release, when said sinking rod is in its uppermost position.

24. The matter of claim 23 said automatic means including also on saidwindlass a secondary division with a secondary cord, said scc-V` ondarycord adapted to pass through a pulley above said windlass, said pulley,journalled on a shaft set in lugs, and said cord adapted after passingthrough said pulley to sustain a weight, and said Weight; said windlass,vehicle cord, Weight cord, pulley and weight so positioned as to opposethe manual drawing out of saidfvehicle cord, by said weight, and saidweight adapted to supply the energy to draw in said vehicle cord whensaid sinking rod is in its uppermost position.

25. In a parking post of the class described having a coin controlledmechanism containing a coin indicating dial with a plurality of daldivisions, and vehicle securing means in operative connection with saidcoin controlled mechanism, anda vehicle cord adapted to be manuallydrawn from said post, and adapted to be secured to a vehicle, securingmeans for the end of said cord, adapted to secure said end after saidcord has been secured to the vehicle, adapted to have two operativefunctions, the first function being to be manually drawn out upon thesecuring of a vehicle and to be automatically retracted upon beingmanually released thereupon, to a selected position, and a secondfunction, upon the release of the vehicle, of being manually drawn outtherefor and of being automatically retracted to a selected positionupon being manually released therefrom, said selected positions beingdifferent from each other; a clock included in said coin controlledmeans, said clock adapted to be thrown into engagement with and out ofengagement with said coin controlled mechanism; said clock adapted togovern the advance of said coin indicating dial, and means upon the rstfunction of said securing means taking place to automatiu cally engagesaid clock to said coin indicating means, and adapted thereupon toadvance said coin indica-ting means regularly during the time saidvehicle remains secured to said post, and means adapted, upon thedrawing-oui-rc-anufilly phase of the second function of the saidsecuring means taking place to prevent said coin controlled apparatusfrom being aiected thereby between said coin controlled mechanism andsaid vehicle securing mechanism communicating members adapted to effectthe indicated opera` tions, means adapted automatically to retract saidcord, and means adapted upon the automatic retraction of said securingmeans after the rst phase of said second function to-draw into positionsthe said communicating members between said coin controlled mechanismand said vehicle securing mechanism, suited io cause the said members tobe in positions to be caused to function upon the first and secondphases of the first function of the securing means taking place upon thenext vehicle being secured.

In a parking post of the class described adapted to secure a vehicle, atime piece coin indieating means the reading of which is adapted toincrease with the passage of time from the securing of the vehicle tothe post and means adapted, upon the securing of the vehicle to the postto automatically advance the reading a selected amount, and meansthereupon adapted to connect or engage said coin indicating means tosaid time piece in said post, said time piece adapted to continue toadvance the reading of said coin indicating means with the passage oftime.

27. In a parking post of the class described a train of three gears ofequal size, in the same plane, an escapement shaft a second shaft and athird shaft, the rst of said gears lattached to said escapement shaftand the second and third of said gears attached respectively to thesecond and third of said shafts, and ailixed to each of the shafts ofthe second and third gears a ratchet tooth wheel adapted to be rotatedeach by a pawl, and pawls adapted to rotate said ratchet tooth wheels.

28. In a parking post of the class described for the attachment of avehicle havingrneans therefor and having a clockand having coinindicating means, said clock and coin indicating means adapted to beengaged, said coin indicating means adapted to be controlled in itsadvance by said clock when engaged therewith, means adaptedautomatically to disengage said clock from said coin indicating meansupon the completion of a predetermined lapse of time from the moment ofthe engagement of said clock thereto; said clock disengaging meanscomprising a clock clutch, a bell crank lever having a long armpositioned vertically with forked ends in engagement with said clockclutch member, and a short arm horizontally positioned and an adjoiningmember, said bell crank lever pivoted so that said vertical armdisengages said clock clutch member from said adjoining member when saidshort arm is forced upward; a shaft for said clutch member and a helicalspring encircling said shaft; said clock clutch member moved inopposition to said helical spring encircling the said shaft of saidclutch member; and means adapted to drive said short horizontal armupwards comprising a rotating member of a shaft controlled by said clockwhen in engagement, said shaft parallel to said clock shaft andpositioned below it; a post affixed to said rotating member; a lever armpivoted to lugs, horizontally disposed and in the path of said post andat right angles thereto when said post reaches the underside of saidleverarm in the progress of its rotation; said lever arm so positionedas to be beneath the short horizontal arm of said bell crank lever andat right angles thereto, and said lever arm adapted to be driven upwardby the said post upon said post reaching its position, and said leverarm adapted to drive 'said short arm of said bell crank lever upwardthereupon, whereby to disengage said clock upon said post rotating to apredetermined angular position.

29. In a parking post of the class described, a head, a pedestal, saidpedestal adapted to support said head, a floor intermediate said headand pedestal, and a base adapted to support said pedesta1,and apparatusin said head and apparatusin said pedestal, said sets of apparatus inoperative connection or communication, communicating members adapted toeffect said communication, said communicating members comprising avertically positioned shaft journalled in said floor and in a lug in thepedestal, a lug in the pedestal adapted to journal said vertical shaft;said vertical shaft having a hand operable crank attached to its upperportion, said shaft adapted to be turned through angular positions bythe operation of said crank, and three rods having up-and-downmovements;a clock in said head adapted to be clutched and de-clutched into and outof engagement with other parts by one of said rods, an escapement yokein said head adapted to be operated by another of said three rods; astopping lever in said head adapted to be retracted, said lever adaptedto be retracted by the other of the three said rods.

30. In a parking post a head comprising a roof, a top plate thereunder,a semi-circular rear wall, semi-circular front wall in the form of adoor vertically disposed, a horizontally disposed floor, a pedestal,said floor supported on said pedestal, a base, said pedestal supportedon said base, and said floor bearing four vertically disposed partitionwalls, parallel to each other and at selected distances apart, said fourwalls comprising a rear wall, and adjacent second wall, a third wall anda front wall adjacent said third wall; a coin channel between saidsecond and third walls, a main shaft journalled in all four walls, amanually operable crank aflixed to said main shaft, said crank forwardof said front wall, said main shaft having a collar attached positionedbetween said third and fourth walls, a pawl similarly positioned, saidcollar having a tooth adapted to be engaged by said pawl, said pawlfitted with a second arm having a portion turned into said coin channeland adapted upon being struck by a coin to release said toothed collar;affixed to said main shaft between the rear and second walls a spiralspring also affixed to said rear wall and adapted to be wound by therotation of said manually operable crank, and thereupon to retract saidcrank to its initialposition upon said crank being released, and affixedto said main shaft outside said rear wall a' disc fitted with a stud,said stud adapted to drive a driving pawl rod upon said disc beingrotated by said manually operable crank in a forward direction, and adriving pawl rod adapted to be driven by said disc stud, and connectionswhereby said driving pawl rod is adapted upon being driven to retractother portions of the said mechanism.

3l. The matter of claim 18 including also a clock engaging and releasingclutch, a bell crank lever adapted to operate said clutch having avertical arm and a horizontal arm, pendant from said horizontal arm averticallypositioned rod,

a shelf affixed to said stopping lever on the edge forward of saidannular ring, said shelf bearing an aperture through which saidvertically positioned rod is adapted to slide, a collar aixed to saidrod at a position slightly above the top of said shelf when saidstopping lever is in its lower position, said collar adapted to bedriven upward on the stopping lever rising and thereby forcing said rodupward, whereby to disengage said clock.

32. In a parking post of the class described and escapement wheel shafthaving afxed to it an escapement wheel and a gear, and a cup, said cuphaving sides in the form of an annular ring, said ring having a slot ata selected location; a train of three gears in parallel planes, saidthree gears comprising said escapement shaft gear, a second gear inengagement therewith, of the same size, and a third gear in engagementwith the second gear and of the same size, and either of said gears uponbeing rotated adapted to rotate the other two.

33. In a bell crank lever as set forth in claim 6 having two horizontalarms, an upper arm and a lower arm; said lower arm adapted to terminatein a tooth, adapted to be engaged by a pawl having three teeth, a lower,a middle and an upper tooth, said bell crank lever adapted to be engagedby said middle tooth upon a vehicle being secured by said horn, andadapted to be engaged by said lower tooth when said bell crank lever isin the attitude of rest, said upper tooth adapted to be a stop tooth andprevent said lower arm tooth end from rising thereabove.

34. In a parking post of the class described having a primary bell cranklever with two horlzohtal arms, the lower of which terminates in a toothadapted to be engaged by a pawl; said pawl, comprising a secondary bellcrank lever with a vertical arm and a horizontal' arm and pivoted inlugs, said vertical arm fitted with three teeth, an upper, a middle andlower tooth, said upper tooth being a. limiting tooth, and said lowerand middle teeth being adapted to engage the toothterminating lower armof the said primary bell crank lever, depending on the attitude thereof,anda tertiary bell crank lever pivoted to the end of said secondary bellcrank lever.

35. The matter of claim 34 including said tertiary bell crank lever,comprising a vertical arm, and a horizontally disposed upper arm,terminatingin a pressure disc, said vertical arm comprising aretractable tooth normally standing vertically, adapted, in the attitudeof rest to be supported by a transmitting lever positioned beneath saidtooth, said horizontal arm adapted to be depressed by and rest againstthe under side of the tooth-terminating. arm of the primary bell cranklever, forced thereagainst by a spring, said spring, positioned betweenthe upper side of the horizontal arms of said secondary bell crank leverand the lower side of the tooth-terminating horizontal arm of saidprimary bell crank lever, said disc-terminating arm of said tertiarybell crank arm. adapted, upon the rise of said toothterminating arm ofsaid primary bell crank lever, to rise in consequence thereof, andthereupon to push said retractable tooth off the outer end of saidtransmttting lever.

36. The matter of claim 8, with means adapted to lift said secondarybell cranks horizontal arm, including in the head of said parking post ahorizontally positioned crank, affixed to a centrally located verticalshaft, said crank adapted to be manually turned when released by therising of a tooth, afxed to the vertical shaft of said crank, below thefloor of said head and in said pedestal a horizontally positioneddepressing arm adapted to be rotated a portion of a revolution by themanual rotation of said crank; positioned in the path of said depressingarm, a horizontally positioned inclined lever pivoted in lugs andinclined upward towards it motor end, its upper edge adapted to bestruck by said depressing arm and be thereby forced downward with theadvance of said depressing arm towards the outer end of said inclinedlever; a vertically positioned sinking rod, sldably mounted in lugs andadapted to be forced upward by a spring, said spring helicallyencircling said sinking rod for a portion of its length, affixed to saidrod and to a lug, whereby to be compressed upon the depression of saidsinking rod, a stop pin in said sinking rod adapted to limit its upwardmovement by contact with a lug; the said depressing rod so positionedthat its upper end is under -the outer end of said inclined lever, incontact therewith when said lever is in its upper attitude, forcing saidlever thereto, said depression of said inclined lever thereby adapted todepress said sinking rod;`

pitioned below said primary bell crank lever a lifting lever, pivoted inlugs, said lever having a long end and a short end, said short endadapted to be depressed by said sinking rod on its depression, and saidlong arm thereby adapted to be lifted; a transmitting lever pivoted inlugs, set at right angles to said lifting lever and thereabove, the longarm of said transmitting lever lying on said lifting levers long armabout midway of said transmitting lever and at the outer end of saidlifting levers long arm; said transmitting lever supporting on its outerend said retractable tooth of said tertiary bell crank lever, whereby tolift said tooth upon the manual operation of said horizontallypositioned manually operable crank.

37. The matter of claim 8 including said primary bell crank lever,adapted to be manually tilted; said tertiary bell crank lever thereuponadapted to be tilted by its said spring on the rising of the lowerhorizontal arm of said primary bell crank lever, and said retractabletooth of said tertiary bell crank lever thereupon adapted to be pushedoff the end of said transmitting lever, whereby to permit said secondarybell crank lever to be tilted only once for each tilting manually ofsaid primary bell crank lever.

38.` In a parking post of the class described having a train of gears,and pawls for two of the gears as set forth in claim 27, a driving pawlrod adapted to drive the ratchet tooth wheel of the second gear, havinga driving tooth therefor, and a driving pawl rod adapted to drive theratchet wheel of the third gear, having two driving teeth therefor, andadapted each to drive its ratchet tooth wheel a selected angulardistance, saidl pawls fitted each with ratchet teeth on the edgeopposite the driving tooth or teeth, and a holding pawl for each rodadapted to engage said ratchet teeth and retain said driving rods in theposition to which they are moved.

EDWIN HOPKINS.

